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CHAPTER TEN: I ONLY HAVE ONE CHOICE

Ignoring that I'm possibly still dead, I fell asleep...

And I had a nightmare about Kronos.

"Claimeral, join me again." Kronos' voice hissed.

"NEVER!" I yelled, trying to free my self from the table, my wrists aching.

"Come on, you know you do. Join me. Remember all those good times you had before,"

"NO!" I tried to close my eyes, knowing what he would try to do, but couldn't. "I NEVER HAD ANY GOOD TIMES WHEN I WAS SERVING YOU!"

"Oh but you did, remember?" Kronos persisted.

"No, no, no, no..." I shook my head, whispering "no" over and over again.

"Here, let me help you remember."

"No..." I said for the last time. "Please don't..."

I saw Deathra, myself, and another young child- if it was a goddess, I don't know- escape from Hades and Persephone in the Underworld and started to head for Tartarus. When we reached the edge, the other girl stopped and turned to Hades and Persephone and left us there.

"Jump in, little ones... Make your grandfather stronger..." A voice hissed at us, which I now knew as Kronos.

Deathra shrugged and we jumped into the pit.

"Yes..." Kronos said.

We started to float in the pit, not knowing what was to happen. We just stayed there- all the way until we looked like the mortal age of fourteen which was only a few years for the gods. We had spent the time knowing nothing but evil and darkness. We forgot all about the time before we jumped in- our parents, the other girl.

"Children, it is time to help your grandfather with his army." A servant of Kronos that lived in Tartarus told us.

We smiled at each other. We had always wanted to do something besides talk and learn and now we finally had our chance. "How may we do so?"

Kronos laughed, his laugh echoing around us. "Give me the souls of the dead who wants to join me," He ordered.

"Yes, Grandfather."

"See, child? You and your sister wanted to help me and were longing to have a chance to," Kronos hissed. "Join me again and you both will have a good time."

"If I join, then Deathra won't so she could bring me back to the gods. The only one who would be having any fun would be you watching us get at each others' necks." I stated.

"True, true. But, if she tries to save you, she'll be forced to join again also. Then you both will be together, fighting for me," Kronos replied.

"Then you would be watching us go neck-to-neck with our friends." It was getting harder to speak now.

"Hush, hush. Tell me your answer later, all right? Good." Kronos' voice was getting fainter but it was getting harder to breathe at each second.

I forced my eyes open, wondering what was making me suffer, but there was no one there. I listened for someone's breath besides mine, just in case my torturer was invisible, but heard only mine.

The pain was excruciating. I could barely breathe now.

"If you want to breathe, give up and join me." Kronos' voice whispered.

"No... I, won't, join. Even, if, it, kills,me. I'll, give, up, my, life, before, I, join, you." I thought. Inferno! Can, you, hear, me? I, need, help!

Claimeral? What's wrong? How come you're speaking so slow? Answer me! Don't give up now! Inferno answered. I'm getting Deathra and Chiron now! Hold on!

"Join me, Claimeral. It's the only way to live." Kronos ordered.

"Never..." I couldn't hold on much longer... Inferno, hurry... I, need, help, fast...

Hold on! We're coming!

"It's too late. You're out of air in less than a minute." Kronos stated.

Inferno, tell, Deathra, I'm, sorry, but, I, have, no, choice. I, will, die, for, good, if, I, don't, give, in... Goodbye... "Kronos, I-I-I, g-g-give, up..."

"Yes..."

"NO!" I heard Deathra's voice yell. She placed a hand on mine.

"I'm... so... sorry..." I felt Deathra's touch feel less and less, her sobs growing softer. "Forgive me... please..."

"No, it can't be. It can't be! Please tell me it's not true. Tell me it's just a trick. Tell me!" Deathra demanded.

"I'm sorry..." Was all I said.

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"She's up!" A voice, who later I knew as Uranus, yelled.

I opened my eyes and saw nearly all the Titans crowding around me.

"She's forgotten everything about becoming a Titaness and serving Kronos." A Titan, Prometheus, stated, being "Fore-thought" he was the wisest, so he knew it before I spoke. "The gods cleared her memory when she and her sister became mortal."

"The husband of my daughter and his brothers did, you mean." Phoebe muttered. "I should have tried to help Hera kill her. What am I thinking? I can't help a goddess!"

"Your grandchildren are a god and goddess," The dumb Epimethius- er supposed to be, or either he was just using knowledge- said.

"I know that, Epimethius." Phoebe replied.

"Then why did you ask?" Epimethius wondered.

"Forget it." Was what he got.

"Mnemosyne, if Claimeral allows, do you mind telling us what happened right before she was turned mortal?" Prometheus asked.

"It's OK by me." I answered.

"All right..." Mnemosyne began:

"Deathra, do you think we have a sibling other than each other?" Claimeral inquired.

"Huh? I don't know, you?" Deathra responded.

"I'm not sure... I remember this other girl with us when we were about to jump in," Claimeral answered. "Well, back to giving Kronos his soldiers."

"I think Kronos has like a million soldiers from us. All which wish they could have another chance. But, we should continue, just to be sure." Deathra muttered.

"But, this should be easy." Claimeral stated. She saw someone coming towards them. "Themis, what brings you to us now?"

"The dragons Blood-Drinker and Flying-Claimer are hungry now. It also seems they were triplets. The third seems to be named Soul-Collector. I suggest that we treat

Soul-Collector the same way as our first two," Themis replied.

"Thank you. We'll see that all are fed." Deathra said.

"And Themis, we'll treat Soul-Collector the same way as Blood-Drinker and Flying-Claimer." Claimeral promised.

Themis nodded and left.

"Well, we better tend to that first. Last time we didn't, Kronos almost killed us," Deathra sighed.

They hurried to the part of Tartarus where the dragons were kept.

When they entered, they met a trio of people who they least expected most to waiting on the dragon Soul-Collector.

"Wha-" They began.

"θνητότησ." The gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades all said.

"όχι!" The twins yelled as they disappeared from Tartarus.

Mnemosyne had said the tale so well that the parts of each person sounded as if they were saying it themselves.

"So, where are the dragons now?" I inquired.

"Themis has been taking care of them, being the Titan of Justice. The three gods that turned you two mortal took Soul-Collector back with them though." Coeus answered.

"OK... What do I do now?" I asked, thinking I knew the answer.

"You die."

Why did I have to ask?